The new MP, Anne McIntosh, took over 52% of the vote, with the Liberal Democrats – partners with the Conservatives in the coalition government – in second place. Despite the relationship between the parties in government, the Liberal Democrat candidate Howard Keal had promised that there would be a "full-on fight" for the seat. The Labour Party came third, although the fall in its share of the vote was described by political opponents as "catastrophic" for the party.

McIntosh, formerly MP for the Vale of York constituency, said that she was "delighted", adding that it was a "very exciting time" in politics. Keal said that he was "grateful and humbled" for the support he had been given. Jonathan Roberts, the Labour Party candidate, said that it was "an extraordinary election, undertaken in extraordinary circumstances in an extraordinary constituency."

This was the first election held for the constituency, which was formed from parts of two former Conservative-held seats (Ryedale and Vale of York). The Conservatives' share of the vote (compared to notional figures for the new constituency based on the 2005 election results) rose by 0.2%, with the Liberal Democrats up 5% and the Labour Party down 11.6%.

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